Apparatus and method for simultaneously adjusting brightness and color temperature, and led lamp

ABSTRACT

An apparatus and method for simultaneously adjusting brightness and color temperature, and an LED lamp. The apparatus includes a phase control dimmer, a rectification module, a phase detection module, a current control module and an LED module. Cutting the phase of an input alternating current by the phase control dimmer changes the effective voltage of the alternating current, then the cut alternating current is rectified by the rectification module and output to the LED module, thus adjusting the brightness of the LED module; information about the cut phase is detected by the phase detection module and a current control signal is output to a current control module according to the cut phase information, and the current control module controls change in the brightness ratio of mixed colors of the LED module according to the current control signal and adjusts the color temperature of the LED module.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the field of LED lightning, and moreparticularly, to an apparatus and a method for simultaneously adjustingbrightness and color temperature, and a led lamp.

BACKGROUND

Although brightness and a color temperature are two irrelevant physicalcharacters, a human eye will have different perceptions when receivingbrightness and color temperatures of different LED lights, thus matchingdifferent brightness and color temperatures will obtain a plurality ofdifferent visual effects. However, in the prior art, when it is neededto achieve adjusting the brightness and the color temperature of an LEDat a same time, there are still a plurality of aspects to be improved.For example, a method mentioned in CN201410729730.5 requires a keyswitch to select the color temperature, a triac dimmer to adjust thebrightness, and only two types of the color temperature can be selected;also in a method described in CN201410240336.5, although the colortemperature can be changed continuously, an adjustment depth is limited,and a bypass circuit has greatly increased a system power consumption.

Therefore, the current technology needs to be improved and developed.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

According to the above described defects, the purpose of the presentinvention is providing an apparatus and a method for simultaneouslyadjusting the brightness and the color temperature, and a led lamp,which changes the brightness of an LED module by a phase controlleddimmer cutting a phase of an input alternating current (AC), while at asame time, outputting a current control signal according to a phasecutting information before controlling a mixed brightness ratio of theLED module and achieving a synchronous adjustment for the colortemperature, having a control circuit simple and a range wide ofadjusting the color temperature, achieving a synchronous adjustment ofthe brightness and the color temperature without increasing anadditional power consumption.

A technical solution of the present invention to solve the technicalproblems is as follows:

an apparatus for simultaneously adjusting brightness and a colortemperature, wherein comprising a phase control dimmer, a rectificationmodule, a phase detection module, a current control module and an LEDmodule; changing an effective voltage of an alternating current by thephase control dimmer cutting a phase of an input alternating current,and rectifying the alternating current after being cut before outputtingto the LED module by the rectification module, to adjust a brightness ofthe LED module; detecting a phase information after being cut throughthe phase detection module, and outputting a current control signal tothe current control module according to the phase information afterbeing cut, the current control module controls a change of a mixed colorbrightness proportion of the LED module according to the current controlsignal, to adjust a color temperature of the LED module.

The apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature, wherein the phase detection module comprises a voltagesampling unit, a comparison unit, a timer, an arithmetic logic unit anda control signal converter; sampling an output voltage of therectification module by the voltage sampling unit and setting a voltagedetection threshold; comparing an output voltage of the rectificationmodule to the voltage detection threshold by the comparison unit, beforeoutputting an level signal correspondingly; counting and outputting atiming value by the timer, according to the level output by thecomparison unit; calculating a current value of the LED module by thearithmetic logic unit according to the timing value; outputting acurrent control signal correspondingly to the LED module by the controlsignal converter according to the current value.

The apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature, wherein the current control module comprises a firstcurrent control unit and a second current control unit; the LED modulecomprises a first LED lamps string and a second LED lamps string havingthe color temperature different; the arithmetic logic unit calculatesrespectively a current of the first LED lamps string and a current ofthe second LED lamps string according to the timing value, beforeconverting into a first current control signal and a second currentcontrol signal by the control signal converter; the first currentcontrol unit and the second current control unit controls respectively acurrent in the first LED lamps string and a current in the second LEDlamps string according to the first current control signal and thesecond current control signal, and controls the mixed color brightnessproportion of the first LED lamp string and the second LED lamps string,to adjust the color temperature of the LED module.

The apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature, wherein the comparison unit outputs a first level, when theoutput voltage of the rectification module is less than the voltagedetection threshold; the comparison unit outputs a second level, whenthe output voltage of the rectification module is greater than thevoltage detection threshold; the comparison unit outputs a second level;when an output level of the comparison unit changes from the secondlevel to the first level, the timer is cleared before starting to count,and when the output level of the comparison unit changes from the firstlevel to the second level, the timer stops counting and outputs thetiming value.

The apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature, wherein the voltage sampling unit comprises a firstresistor, a second resistor and a first power source, one end of thefirst resistor connects to an input terminal of the rectificationmodule, another end of the first resistor connects to one end of thesecond resistor and the comparison unit; another end of the secondresistor connects to a negative electrode of the first power source andground; a positive electrode of the first power source connects to thecomparison unit; a voltage output from the first power source is thevoltage detection threshold.

The apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature, wherein the comparison unit comprises a comparator, anon-inverting input terminal of the comparator connects to another endof the first resistor, an inverting input terminal of the comparatorconnects to the positive electrode of the first power source, and anoutput terminal of the comparator connects to an input terminal of thetimer.

The apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature, wherein the first current control unit comprises a firstoperational amplifier, a first MOS transistor, and a third resistor; thesecond current control unit comprises a second operational amplifier, asecond MOS transistor, and a fourth resistor; a first input terminal ofthe first operational amplifier connects to a first output terminal ofthe control signal converter, a second input terminal of the firstoperational amplifier connects to a source of the first MOS transistor,and gets grounded through the third resistor; an output terminal of thefirst operational amplifier connects to a gate of the first MOStransistor; a drain of the first MOS transistor connects to a negativeelectrode of the first LED lamps string;

a first input terminal of the second operational amplifier connects to asecond output terminal of the control signal converter, a second inputterminal of the second operational amplifier connects to a source of thesecond MOS transistor and gets grounded through the fourth resistor, anoutput terminal of the second operational amplifier connects to a gateof the second MOS transistor; a drain of the second MOS transistorconnects to a negative electrode of the second LED string.

The apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature, wherein the first current control unit comprises a thirdMOS transistor; the second current control unit comprises a fourth MOStransistor; a gate of the third MOS transistor connects to a firstoutput terminal of the control signal converter, and a source of thethird MOS transistor gets grounded, a drain of the third MOS transistorconnects to the negative electrode of the first LED lamps string; a gateof the fourth MOS transistor connects to a second output terminal of thecontrol signal converter, a source of the fourth MOS transistor getsgrounded, and a drain of the fourth MOS transistor connects to thenegative electrode of the second LED lamps string.

A method for simultaneously adjusting brightness and color temperature,wherein comprising following steps:

A, the phase control dimmer cuts the phase of the input alternatingcurrent and changes the effective voltage of the alternating current;

B, the rectification module rectifies the AC after being cut and outputsto the LED module, to adjust the brightness of the LED module;

C, the phase detection module detects the phase information after beingcut, and outputs the current control signal according to the phaseinformation after being cut;

D, the current control module controls a change of the mixed colorbrightness proportion of the LED module, according to the currentcontrol signal, to adjust the color temperature of the LED module.

An LED lamp, wherein comprising the apparatus for simultaneouslyadjusting the brightness and the color temperature as described above.

Comparing to the prior art, the present invention provides an apparatusand method for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature and the LED lamp, wherein the apparatus for simultaneouslyadjusting the brightness and the color temperature comprises a phasecontrol dimmer, a rectification module, a phase detection module, acurrent control module and a LED module. Changing an effective voltageof an alternating current by the phase control dimmer cutting a phase ofan input alternating current, and rectifying the alternating currentafter being cut before outputting to the LED module by the rectificationmodule, to adjust a brightness of the LED module; detecting a phaseinformation after being cut through the phase detection module, andoutputting a current control signal to the current control moduleaccording to the phase information after being cut, the current controlmodule controls a change of a mixed color brightness proportion of theLED module according to the current control signal, to adjust a colortemperature of the LED module; changing the brightness of the LED moduleby the phase control dimmer cutting the phase of the input alternatingcurrent, while outputting the current control signal to control themixed color brightness proportion of the LED module according to thephase cutting information, to achieve a simultaneous adjustment of thecolor temperature, having a control circuit simple and a range ofadjusting the color temperature wide, achieving a simultaneouslyadjustment for the brightness and the color temperature withoutincreasing any additional power consumptions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic circuit diagram of the apparatus forsimultaneously adjusting the brightness and the color temperatureprovided in the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a phase cutting, an outputvoltage and an LED module current of the apparatus for simultaneouslyadjusting the brightness and the color temperature provided in thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic circuit diagram of the phase detectionmodule in the apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness andthe color temperature provided in the present invention;

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic diagram of the output voltage and theoutput level from the comparator in the apparatus for simultaneouslyadjusting the brightness and the color temperature provided in thepresent invention;

FIG. 5 illustrates a circuit diagram of the current control module inthe first embodiment of the apparatus for simultaneously adjusting thebrightness and the color temperature provided in the present invention;

FIG. 6 illustrates a circuit diagram of the current control module inthe second embodiment of the apparatus for simultaneously adjusting thebrightness and the color temperature provided in the present invention;

FIG. 7 illustrates a flow chart of the method for simultaneouslyadjusting the brightness and the color temperature provided in thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

According to a plurality of defects in the prior art, that it isimpossible to achieve a simultaneous adjustment for the brightness andthe color temperature in a convenient and fast way, with a low powerconsumption, the purpose of the present invention is providing anapparatus and a method for simultaneously adjusting the brightness andthe color temperature, and a led lamp, which changes the brightness ofan LED module by a phase controlled dimmer cutting a phase of an inputAC, while at a same time, outputting a current control signal accordingto a phase cutting information before controlling a mixed brightnessratio of the LED module and achieving a synchronous adjustment for thecolor temperature, having a control circuit simple and a range wide ofadjusting the color temperature, achieving a synchronous adjustment ofthe brightness and the color temperature without increasing anadditional power consumption.

In order to make the purpose, technical solution and the advantages ofthe present invention clearer and more explicit, further detaileddescriptions of the present invention are stated herein, referencing tothe attached drawings and some preferred embodiments of the presentinvention. It should be understood that the detailed embodiments of theinvention described here are used to explain the present invention only,instead of limiting the present invention.

Referencing to FIG. 1, the apparatus for simultaneously adjusting thebrightness and the color temperature comprises a phase control dimmer10, a rectification module 20, a phase detection module 30, a currentcontrol module 40 and an LED module 50, an input terminal of the phasecontrol dimmer 10 connects to an alternative current (AC) supplied, anoutput terminal of the phase control dimmer 10 connects to an inputterminal of the rectification module 20, an output terminal of therectification module 20 connects to an input terminal of the phasedetection module 30 and the LED module 50, an output terminal of thephase detection module 30 further connects to the LED module 50 throughthe current control module 40.

Further referencing to FIG. 2, the present disclosure uses the phasecontrol dimmer 10 to cut a phase of the input AC, and changes aneffective voltage of the AC (shown as (a) (b) in FIG. 2), and therectification module 20 makes a rectification process to the AC afterbeing cut (as the (c) in FIG. 2) and outputs to the LED module 50,before driving an on-off state of the LED module 50 (as the (d) in FIG.2), in the present embodiment, the rectification module 20 adopts abridge rectifier, when a current of the LED module 50 is constant, bythe phase control dimmer 10 cuts a phase of a sine wave, and changes aneffective voltage of the LED module 50, it is possible to adjust abrightness of the LED module 50 directly, having a current structuresimple, and achieving a brightness adjustment without requiring a powerconverter.

Also, the present disclosure further detects a phase information afterbeing cut by the phase detection module 30, and outputs a currentcontrol signal to the current control module 40 according to a phaseinformation after being cut, the current control module 40 controls achange of a mixed color brightness proportion of the LED module 50according to the current control signal, to adjust the color temperatureof the LED module 50. Thus a simultaneous adjustment of both thebrightness and the color temperature can be achieved through a phasecontrol dimmer 10.

In a real implementation, the current control module 40 comprises afirst current control unit 401 and a second current control unit 402;the LED module 50 comprises a first LED lamps string 501 and a secondLED lamps string 502, such as adopting a cold light LED lamps string anda warm light LED lamps string respectively, a first output terminal ofthe phase detection module 30 connects to the first LED lamps string 501through the first current control unit 401, a second output terminal ofthe phase detection module 30 connects to the second LED lamps string502 through the second current control unit 402, Comparing with atechnique in the prior art that shunting one light string thereinthrough a bypass circuit, wherein the bypass circuit will generate anadditional power consumption, which may reach 50% in a worst case (onlyone light string is lit), while in the present disclosure, it isadopting a current source connected in serial with the LED lamps stringto control the brightness, even only one lamp string is lit on, there isstill no additional power consumption generated, thus realizing thebrightness adjustment while achieving a purpose of saving energy as muchas possible.

Further, referencing to FIG. 3, the phase detection module 30 comprisesa voltage sampling unit 301, a comparison unit 302, a timer 303, anarithmetic logic unit 304 and a control signal converter 305, an inputterminal of the voltage sampling unit 301 connects to an output terminalof the rectification module 20, an output terminal of the voltagesampling unit 301 connects to an input end of the comparison unit 302,an output terminal of the comparison unit 302 connects to an inputterminal of the control signal converter 305 through the timer 303 andthe arithmetic logic unit 304, an output terminal of the control signalconverter 305 connects to the current control module 40.

Sampling an output voltage of the rectification module 20 by the voltagesampling unit 301 and setting a voltage detection threshold, before thecomparison unit 302 comparing the output voltage of the rectificationmodule 20 to the voltage detection threshold, and outputting a levelsignal correspondingly according to a comparison result. The timer 303starts counting according to the level signal before outputting a timingvalue to the arithmetic logic unit 304, followed by calculating acurrent value of the LED module 50 by the arithmetic logic unit 304according to the timing value; and converting the current value into thecurrent control signal correspondingly by the control signal converter305, to control the change of the mixed color brightness proportion ofthe LED module 50, so as to realizing an adjustment for the colortemperature of the LED module 50.

Specifically, a first output terminal of the current control module 40connects to the first current control unit 401, and a second outputterminal of the current control module 40 connects to the second currentcontrol unit 402. During a logic operation, the arithmetic logic unit304 calculates respectively the current of the first LED light string501 and the current of the second LED light string 502, according to thetiming value, before being converted respectively into a first currentcontrol signal and a second current control signal by the control signalconverter 305, and notifies the current control module 40 to change thecurrent of the LED lamps string, the first current control unit 401 andthe second current control unit 402 controls respectively the current inthe first LED lamps string 501 and the current in the second LED lampsstring 502 according to the first current control signal and the secondcurrent control signal, thus controlling the mixed color brightnessproportion of the first LED lamps string 501 and the second LED lightstring 502 according to any requirements, so as to achieve an effect ofadjusting the color temperature.

Preferably, the voltage sampling unit 301 comprises a first resistor R1,a second resistor R2 and a first power source U1, one end of the firstresistor R1 connects to an input terminal of the rectification module20, another end of the first resistor R1 connects to one end of thesecond resistor R2 and the comparison unit 302; another end of thesecond resistor R2 connects to a negative electrode of the first powersource U1 and ground; a positive electrode of the first power source U1connects to the comparison unit 302; a voltage output from the firstpower source U1 is the voltage detection threshold; the comparison unit302 comprises a comparator A1, a non-inverting input terminal of thecomparator A1 connects to another end of the first resistor R1, aninverting input terminal of the comparator A1 connects to the positiveelectrode of the first power source U1, and an output terminal of thecomparator A1 connects to an Input terminal of the timer 303.

Referencing to FIG. 4 together, when the phase detection module 30 isworking, sampling an output voltage VAC of the rectification module 20by configuring the first resistor R1 and the second resistor R2, beforeoutputting to the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator A1,while a voltage detection threshold Vth is output to the inverting inputterminal of the comparator A1, and the comparator A1 compares the outputvoltage VAC of the rectification module 20 to the voltage detectionthreshold Vth, when the output voltage of the rectification module 20 isless than the voltage detection threshold, that is, VAC<Vth, thecomparator A1 outputs a first level V1; when the output voltage of therectification module 20 is greater than the voltage detection threshold,that is, VAC>Vth, the comparator A1 outputs a second level V2; when anoutput level of the comparator A1 changes from the second level V2 tothe first level V1, the timer 303 is cleared before starting to count;and when the output level of the comparator A1 changes from the firstlevel V1 to the second level V2, the timer 303 stops counting andoutputs the timing value, and the timing value is Tcalc at the time, thearithmetic logic unit 304 calculates respectively each current of bothLED lamps strings Iled1, Iled2, by a preset algorithm according to theTcalc, before generating respectively a first current control signal anda second current control signal by the control signal converter 305, andoutputting to the first current control unit 401 and the second currentcontrol unit 402 to control respectively the currents in both LED lampsstrings, and realizing a color temperature adjustment by matching abrightness of both lamps strings having two color temperatures. Due tothe lamps strings having different brightness and color temperatures canbe controlled independently, thus all color temperatures between thecolor temperature 1 and the color temperature 2 may be achieved.Comparing to the prior art of CN201410240336.5, wherein a lamps stringhas current flowing through all the time, making a maximum adjustmentrange of the color temperature be between the color temperature 1 and(color temperature 1+color temperature 2)/2. Thus the color temperaturein the present disclosure has a wide adjustment range, and a moreapplicable occasion.

In a real implementation, the preset algorithm of the arithmetic logicunit 304 may be designed different according to a different requirement,for example, when a first algorithm is designed to achieve a continuouschange of the color temperature following the brightness, then thepreset algorithm is: Iled1=Iint*Tcut/T; Iled2=Iint*(T−Tcut)/T. whereinlint is a sum of the currents of both lamps strings when the input powersource has no cutting, T is a period after an AC rectification,Tcut=Tcalc−Toffset; Toffset may be calculated by a trigonometric formulawith the Vth and a Vmax.

A second algorithm is designed to keep a color temperature in a specificbrightness range, then the preset algorithm is: if Tcalc<t1, thenIled1=I11, Iled2=I21, if t1<Tcalc<t2, then Iled1=I12, Iled2=I22; ift2<Tcalc<t3, then Iled1=I13, Iled2=I23; . . . , and so on.

A third is designed to keep the brightness unchanged, and the colortemperature changing only, then the preset algorithm is: making a sum ofthe currents of both lamps strings Icut increase according to a decreaseof the effective voltage, before adjusting a proportional relationshipbetween the Iled1 and the Iled2 as needed. A formula of the Icut is asbelow:

${Icut} = {{Iint} \times \sqrt{\frac{2\pi}{{2\pi} - {2\pi \; {Tcut}\text{/}T} + {\sin \left( {2\pi \; {Tcut}\text{/}T} \right)}}}}$

0≤Tcut<T, and let Iled1=Icut*Tcut/T; Iled2=Icur(T−Tcut)/T, then it ispossible to achieve adjusting the color temperature only, withoutadjusting the brightness. Of course, three algorithms listed above arefor examples only, and a user may design other algorithms according toan actual requirement, which is not limited in the present disclosure.

Further, the control signal converter 305 converts into a control signalfor the current control module 40, according to the current values ofthe Iled1 and Iled2 calculated. In a real implementation, the controlsignal converter 305 may be a D/A (digital-to-analog) convertor,converting into a signal of an analog voltage or a signal of an analogcurrent to control a current controller according to a calculated valueof the Iled1 and the Iled2, or may be a PWM (pulse-width-modulation)convertor, converting into a PWM signal to control the currentcontroller according to the calculated values of the Iled1 and theIled2.

Accordingly, the current control module 40 in the present disclosureprovides two embodiments, shown as FIG. 5, in a first embodiment, thefirst current control unit 401 comprises a first operational amplifierQ1, a first MOS transistor M1, and a third resistor R3; the secondcurrent control unit 402 comprises a second operational amplifier Q2, asecond MOS transistor M2, and a fourth resistor R4; a first inputterminal of the first operational amplifier Q1 connects to a firstoutput terminal of the control signal converter 305, a second inputterminal of the first operational amplifier Q1 connects to a source ofthe first MOS transistor M1, and gets grounded through a third resistorR3; an output terminal of the first operational amplifier Q1 connects toa gate of the first MOS transistor M1; a drain of the first MOStransistor M1 connects to a negative electrode of the first LED lampsstring 501;

a first input terminal of the second operational amplifier Q2 connectsto a second output terminal of the control signal converter 305, asecond input terminal of the second operational amplifier Q2 connects toa source of the second MOS transistor M2 and gets grounded through thefourth resistor R4, an output terminal of the second operationalamplifier Q2 connects to a gate of the second MOS transistor M2; a drainof the second MOS transistor M2 connects to a negative electrode of thesecond LED string 502. That is, the control signal converter 305 hereinis a D/A converter, converting the current value into the signal of theanalog voltage before outputting to the first current control unit 401and the second current control unit 402, then the first operationalamplifier Q1 and the second operational amplifier Q2 control thecurrents of the first MOS transistor M1 and the second MOS transistor M2according to the analog voltage input and the reference voltage input,so as to achieve a control to the current in the LED lamps string.

Shown as FIG. 6, in a second embodiment, the first current control unit401 comprises a third MOS transistor M3; the second current control unit402 comprises a fourth MOS transistor M4; a gate of the third MOStransistor M3 connects to a first output terminal of the control signalconverter 305, and a source of the third MOS transistor M3 getsgrounded, a drain of the third MOS transistor M3 connects to thenegative electrode of the first LED lamps string 501; a gate of thefourth MOS transistor M4 connects to a second output terminal of thecontrol signal converter 305, and a source of the fourth MOS transistorM4 gets grounded, and a drain of the fourth MOS transistor M4 connectsto the negative electrode of the second LED lamps string 502. That is,the control signal converter 305 herein is a PWM converter, convertingthe current value into a PWM signal before outputting to the currentcontrol module 40, controlling a switch of the third MOS transistor M3and the fourth MOS transistor M4 by a duty cycle of the PWM signal, soas to control an average current in LED lamps strings.

The present disclosure further provides a method for simultaneouslyadjusting brightness and color temperature, shown as FIG. 7, the methodfor simultaneously adjusting brightness and color temperature comprisesfollowing steps:

S100, the phase control dimmer cuts the phase of the input alternatingcurrent and changes the effective voltage of the alternating current;

S200, the rectification module rectifies the AC after being cut andoutputs to the LED module, to adjust the brightness of the LED module;

S300, the phase detection module detects the phase information afterbeing cut, and outputs the current control signal according to the phaseinformation after being cut;

S400, the current control module controls a change of the mixed colorbrightness proportion of the LED module, according to the currentcontrol signal, to adjust the color temperature of the LED module.

Details may reference to the embodiments of the apparatus above.

The present disclosure further provides an LED lamp, being able tosimultaneously adjusting the brightness and the color temperature,wherein comprising the apparatus for simultaneously adjusting thebrightness and the color temperature as described above. Since theapparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature has been described in details above, no more details will bedescribed herein.

All above, the present disclosure provides an apparatus and method forsimultaneously adjusting the brightness and the color temperature andthe LED lamp, wherein the apparatus for simultaneously adjusting thebrightness and the color temperature comprises a phase control dimmer, arectification module, a phase detection module, a current control moduleand a LED module. Changing an effective voltage of an alternatingcurrent by the phase control dimmer cutting a phase of an inputalternating current, and rectifying the alternating current after beingcut before outputting to the LED module by the rectification module, toadjust a brightness of the LED module; detecting a phase informationafter being cut through the phase detection module, and outputting acurrent control signal to the current control module according to thephase information after being cut, the current control module controls achange of a mixed color brightness proportion of the LED moduleaccording to the current control signal, to adjust a color temperatureof the LED module; changing the brightness of the LED module by thephase control dimmer cutting the phase of the input alternating current,while outputting the current control signal to control the mixed colorbrightness proportion of the LED module according to the phase cuttinginformation, to achieve a simultaneous adjustment of the colortemperature, having a control circuit simple and a range of adjustingthe color temperature wide, achieving a simultaneously adjustment forthe brightness and the color temperature without increasing anyadditional power consumptions.

It should be understood that, the application of the present inventionis not limited to the above examples listed. Ordinary technicalpersonnel in this field can improve or change the applications accordingto the above descriptions, all of these improvements and transformsshould belong to the scope of protection in the appended claims of thepresent invention.

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 11. An apparatus for simultaneously adjustingbrightness and a color temperature, comprising: a phase control dimmer,a rectification module, a phase detection module, a current controlmodule and an LED module; changing an effective voltage of analternating current by the phase control dimmer cutting a phase of aninput alternating current, and rectifying the alternating current afterbeing cut before outputting to the LED module by the rectificationmodule, to adjust a brightness of the LED module; detecting a phaseinformation after being cut through the phase detection module, andoutputting a current control signal to the current control moduleaccording to the phase information after being cut, wherein the currentcontrol module controls a change of a mixed color brightness proportionof the LED module according to the current control signal, to adjust acolor temperature of the LED module.
 12. The apparatus forsimultaneously adjusting the brightness and the color temperatureaccording to claim 11, wherein the phase detection module comprises avoltage sampling unit, a comparison unit, a timer, an arithmetic logicunit and a control signal converter; sampling an output voltage of therectification module by the voltage sampling unit and setting a voltagedetection threshold; comparing an output voltage of the rectificationmodule to the voltage detection threshold by the comparison unit, beforeoutputting an level signal correspondingly; counting and outputting atiming value by the timer, according to the level output by thecomparison unit; calculating a current value of the LED module by thearithmetic logic unit according to the timing value; and outputting acurrent control signal correspondingly to the LED module by the controlsignal converter according to the current value.
 13. The apparatus forsimultaneously adjusting the brightness and the color temperatureaccording to claim 12, wherein the current control module comprises afirst current control unit and a second current control unit; the LEDmodule comprises a first LED lamps string and a second LED lamps stringhaving different color temperatures; the arithmetic logic unitcalculates, respectively, a current of the first LED lamps string and acurrent of the second LED lamps string according to the timing value,before converting into a first current control signal and a secondcurrent control signal by the control signal converter; the firstcurrent control unit and the second current control unit then controls,respectively, a current in the first LED lamps string and a current inthe second LED lamps string according to the first current controlsignal and the second current control signal, and controls the mixedcolor brightness proportion of the first LED lamp string and the secondLED lamps string, to adjust the color temperature of the LED module. 14.The apparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature according to claim 12, wherein the comparison unit outputs afirst level when the output voltage of the rectification module is lessthan the voltage detection threshold; the comparison unit outputs asecond level when the output voltage of the rectification module isgreater than the voltage detection threshold; when an output level ofthe comparison unit changes from the second level to the first level,the timer is cleared before starting to count, and when the output levelof the comparison unit changes from the first level to the second level,the timer stops counting and outputs the timing value.
 15. The apparatusfor simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the color temperatureaccording to claim 14, wherein the voltage sampling unit comprises afirst resistor, a second resistor and a first power source, one end ofthe first resistor connects to an input terminal of the rectificationmodule, another end of the first resistor connects to one end of thesecond resistor and the comparison unit; another end of the secondresistor connects to a negative electrode of the first power source andground; a positive electrode of the first power source connects to thecomparison unit; and a voltage output from the first power source is thevoltage detection threshold.
 16. The apparatus for simultaneouslyadjusting the brightness and the color temperature according to claim15, wherein the comparison unit outputs a first level, when a dividedvoltage of the output voltage on the second resistor is less than thevoltage detection threshold; the comparison unit outputs a second levelwhen the divided voltage of the output voltage on the second resistor isgreater than the voltage detection threshold; when an output level ofthe comparison unit changes from the second level to the first level,the timer is cleared before starting to count, and when the output levelof the comparison unit changes from the first level to the second level,the timer stops counting and outputs the timing value
 17. The apparatusfor simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the color temperatureaccording to claim 12, wherein the voltage sampling unit comprises afirst resistor, a second resistor and a first power source, one end ofthe first resistor connects to an input terminal of the rectificationmodule, another end of the first resistor connects to one end of thesecond resistor and the comparison unit; another end of the secondresistor connects to a negative electrode of the first power source andground; a positive electrode of the first power source connects to thecomparison unit; and a voltage output from the first power source is thevoltage detection threshold.
 18. The apparatus for simultaneouslyadjusting the brightness and the color temperature according to claim17, wherein the comparison unit comprises a comparator, a non-invertinginput terminal of the comparator connects to another end of the firstresistor, an inverting input terminal of the comparator connects to thepositive electrode of the first power source, and an output terminal ofthe comparator connects to an Input terminal of the timer.
 19. Theapparatus for simultaneously adjusting the brightness and the colortemperature according to claim 13, wherein the first current controlunit comprises a first operational amplifier, a first MOS transistor,and a third resistor; the second current control unit comprises a secondoperational amplifier, a second MOS transistor, and a fourth resistor; afirst input terminal of the first operational amplifier connects to afirst output terminal of the control signal converter, a second inputterminal of the first operational amplifier connects to a source of thefirst MOS transistor and gets grounded through the third resistor; anoutput terminal of the first operational amplifier connects to a gate ofthe first MOS transistor; a drain of the first MOS transistor connectsto a negative electrode of the first LED lamps string; a first inputterminal of the second operational amplifier connects to a second outputterminal of the control signal converter, a second input terminal of thesecond operational amplifier connects to a source of the second MOStransistor and gets grounded through the fourth resistor, an outputterminal of the second operational amplifier connects to a gate of thesecond MOS transistor; and a drain of the second MOS transistor connectsto a negative electrode of the second LED string.
 20. The apparatus forsimultaneously adjusting the brightness and the color temperatureaccording to claim 13, wherein the first current control unit comprisesa third MOS transistor; the second current control unit comprises afourth MOS transistor; a gate of the third MOS transistor connects to afirst output terminal of the control signal converter, and a source ofthe third MOS transistor gets grounded, a drain of the third MOStransistor connects to the negative electrode of the first LED lampsstring; a gate of the fourth MOS transistor connects to a second outputterminal of the control signal converter, a source of the fourth MOStransistor gets grounded, and a drain of the fourth MOS transistorconnects to the negative electrode of the second LED lamps string.
 21. Amethod for simultaneously adjusting brightness and a color temperature,wherein comprising following steps: a phase control dimmer cutting aphase of an input alternating current and changing an effective voltageof an alternating current; a rectification module rectifying analternating current after being cut and outputting to an LED module, toadjust a brightness of the LED module; a phase detection moduledetecting a phase information after being cut, and outputting a currentcontrol signal according to the phase information after being cut; and acurrent control module controlling a change of a mixed color brightnessproportion of the LED module, according to the current control signal,to adjust the color temperature of the LED module.
 22. An LED lamp, theLED lamp comprising an apparatus for simultaneously adjusting thebrightness and the color temperature, including a phase control dimmer,a rectification module, a phase detection module, a current controlmodule and an LED module; changing an effective voltage of analternating current by the phase control dimmer cutting a phase of aninput alternating current, and rectifying the alternating current afterbeing cut before outputting to the LED module by the rectificationmodule, to adjust a brightness of the LED module; detecting a phaseinformation after being cut through the phase detection module, andoutputting a current control signal to the current control moduleaccording to the phase information after being cut, the current controlmodule controls a change of a mixed color brightness proportion of theLED module according to the current control signal, to adjust a colortemperature of the LED module.